Ash-distributer.



. M. WORTHINGTON.

ASH DISTRIBUTER.

PPLIOAT-ON P ILBD' AUG. 23, 1912.

1,109,731i Patented sept. 8,1914.

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and 5,.a top 6, and is provided with FANNIE M. WORTI-IINGTON, 0F STERLING, ILLINOIS.

ASH-DISTRIBUTER.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 8, 1914.

Application ld August 28, 1912. Serial No. 716,631.

To all whom it may concern Be it known'that I, FANNIE M. WORTH- ING/rox, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sterling, in the county of Whiteside and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ash-Distributers, of which the following is a specilication.

My invention hasreference to ash ,distributers, and has for its purpose the discharge of ashes, sand or other similar material upon icy sidewalks and other slippery places for the safeguard of pedestrians using such places. This is accomplished by means of a wheeled receptacle provided'with a distributing device, and means for actuating said device upon the movement ofthe machine. My invention also embodies adjustable features in connection with the distributing devices, whereby the quantity of material discharged from the receptacle may be regulated.

In the drawings; Figure l is a vertical longitudinal section centrally of the ma- Ichine. Fig. 2 is a transverse section on the line of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail of the connecting-rod, with the sleeve thereon in section.

The receptacle is formed of sides 1, in- .clined bot-tom pieces 2 and 3, end-pieces 4 a hinged cover 7. To the lower part of the lower portion of the receptacle is fixed a plate S, provided with a pair of transverse slots 9, and beneath such plate is slidiigly supported a platel 10, by means of ways 11 supported from the sides 1 of the receptacle.`

The plate 10 has a transverse slot 12, which is adapted to register with one or-other of the slots 9 and permit a limited amount of the material in the receptacle to escape therefrom.

The device is provided with a pair of carrying-wheels 13, (pnly one being shown) united by va shaft 14, upon which is mounted the receptacle by means of standards 15. The shaft 14 is centrally provided with a crank 16 to which is journaled one end of a connecting rod 17, the other end thereof being jointedly connected with the plate 10, so that the movement of said crank-shaftwill be imparted to said plate, giving a reciproeating movement thereto. The rod 17 is preferably formed of two parts, provided on their adjacent ends with oppositely dis- 18, preventing posed threads, and united by a sleeve 18 interlorly threaded to correspond therewith. The parts of the rod 17 are normally held in such relation to each other that the rotation of the crank 16 will cause the plate 10 to reciprocate suiiciently to bring the slot 12 therein alternately beneath rst one and then the other'of the slots 9 in the plate 8, but if it is desired to lreduce the amount of material discharged, the rod 17 'can be lengthened by the operation of the sleeve the rearward movement of the plate 10 a sufficient distance to cause the slot 12 to register with the inner slot 9. The discharge through such rear slot is thereby interrupted. The end-piece 5 is preferably hingeably connected with the top 6, and provided with aca-tch 19, so that upon the forward end of the receptacle being tipped downwardly and the catch released, any sediment in the receptacle will be removed therefrom by its own weight. Upon returning the receptacle to its normal position the end-piece or door 5 will swing back into place. For strengthening purposes the plate 10 may be provided with a plurality of ribs 20 (Fig. 2) the end ribs of which are supported on the ways 11. The machine4 is also provided with a handle 21, secured at each side to the pieces 1 of the receptacle.

`To operate the machine the receptacle is provided with a quantity of suiiiciently fine ash orsimilar material, the movement of the machine tending to movedzhe same in the direction of the lowestpart of the box, from which it passes outwardly through the slots in desired quantities. The machine is preferably pushed ahead of the operator, but will operate when moving in either direction. The slots are of suitable length to rovide a coating of ashes along a space cip desired width for 'pedestrian purposes.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent of t-he United States, is;

A machine of the class described, comprising a wheeled receptacle; a plate in the bottom of said receptacle, provided with a pair of transverse parallel slots; a plate slidably` mounted beneath said first-named plate and provided with a slot adapted to register with one of the slots in said first-named plate upon said last-named plate being given a reciprocating movement; a crank-shaft uniting the wheels of said machine; a pitman connecting said crank-aim-with said slide- In testimony whereof I affix my signature plate so as to impart 2 1 reolprocating. movein presence of two Witnesses. I ment thereto when said machine 1s 1n mo- FANNIE -M WORTHINGTON.

tion; and means for adjusting the length of i 5 said Pitman, so as to cause the slot in said Witnesses:

slide-plate to alternately register with the W. N. HASKELL, slots in said first-named plate. J oHN T. MOoNEY.

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